How to: Cornrow Festival Hair Look
Learn how to create this staple hair look suitable for festivals and just all round summer! in a simple 1.5 minute video you can create this easily at home or at the festival! Theres a step-by-step tutorial so you can achieve this without any struggles and look stunning this season.
THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE
Cruelty-Free Makeup: What are we putting on our skin?
By Lex Short
Big brands we use everyday aren't required to advertise whether they are cruelty free or not. So it can be difficult to identify which items you use on the reg test on animals.
Traditionally, animals have been used in tests that can be harmful to demonstrate the effective and safe use of products, in order for the products to be approved for human use. But even so, the results shown on animals may not be the same on humans.
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However, there can be an alternative approach to testing makeup that does not involve animals without consent and possibly causing them harm. Safety can be assured by using approved tests that do not involve animals. Similarly, by sticking to ingredients that producers know are safe and effective can result in products being released that have not caused any harm to animals and are perfectly safe to use.
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On the positive side, more and more brands are coming out as cruelty free (as we are all glad to hear) and opening up a world of new, improved make up that is ethically responsible. For UK cosmetic companies, animal testing has been banned since 1998, but with the accessibility of oversea brands, its difficult to understand which brands are actually cruelty-free.
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To help you out, we've compiled a list of the BEST make up brands that do not test on animals, and are still great for your skin. So you can use your products freely without the worry.
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BARE MINERALS
Bare Minerals don't test on animals, at all. They happily share that there are no animals involved of the production of any of their products. "Please feel at ease when using bareMinerals products as we do not test any products on animals. We also do not work with any manufacturers that do animal testing." Meaning you can use any of their items guilt-free, whilst also having amazing skin.
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Bareminerals is an amazing brand in terms of social and ethical responsibility. They, just recently, released a range called Gen Nude, adding over 100 colours of lipstick to suit women, and men, of any skin tone and type.
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Bare minerals, you're doing it right!
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS
Another brand that clearly does not test on animals is Anastasia Beverly Hills (informally known as ABH). The brand is popular among celebs these days, and its nice to see our idols wearing and supporting these cruelty free companies. The brand was originally sold in Sephore stores only but now you can purchase their products on websites such as BeautyBay.com.
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DOVE
You'll be glad to know that trusty dove is also cruelty free. See, theres way more than you think! Dove in fact has been free from animal testing for 30 years and are certified by PETA - one of the worlds largest animal rights organisations - cruelty free. Dove hope to "inspire others in the industry to follow and become certified too". Dove even have, on their homepage, their logo paired with a silhouette of a rabbit, displayed above. How cute! And as Dove say, Real beauty is cruelty-free.
KAT VON D
Kat Von D herself recently spoke to Universe and the launch of her new range - Fetish Collection, in which she openly raised the question of why other brands weren't acting against animal cruelty and regulating their products. As you know Kat Von D is a strong animal lover herself and prides her brand as "100% animal test free" and it will always be that way. We love the way she isn't afraid to be controversial and directly question other brands techniques. The majority of her products are also vegan, which is a massive bonus. Available at Debenhams, Kat Von D's products are a must have.
SOAP AND GLORY
Soap and Glory are not afraid to share their strict guidelines when it comes to animal testing. They show this by supporting an organisation, called 'FRAME' (which stands for Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments), in the effort to eliminate the reliance on animal testing within the cosmetic industry.
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The brand are most favourite for their skin and body products, such as my fav the Sugar Crush Body Scrub. But as well as all of the skin care-type products, their make up and even brushes are cruelty-free. Way to go Soap and Glory!
ELF COSMETICS
Elf Cosmetics was founded in 2004 with one mission. "Make luxurious, high-quality beauty products available to everyone." Which they massively achieved. But another bonus about elf is that they are 100% vegan in all aspects of production and the ingredients used.
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Elf are committed to being cruelty-free and are linked with 5 like-minded influencers (@logicalharmony, @jkissamakeup, @msjasminerose, @weylie and @cosmobhayley.) As well as having amazingly affordable products and being vegan, elf has recently introduced that every 10% of proceedings raised from their products will be donated to animal charities of your choice. Not only does your money buy you a product, but goes worldwide to helping animals become free from testing. Nice work Elf.
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Click the link to donate to animal rights organisations now.
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I can't go into detail about every single cruelty-free cosmetic brand in the world (as there are more than you think!), but we have created you a list of all of the brands below that you should know.
1. KAT VON D
3. HOURGLASS
4. URBAN DECAY
5. ILLAMASQUA
6. TOO FACED
7. SOAP AND GLORY
8. MILK MAKEUP
11. BECCA
12. JOSIE MARAN
13. TARTE
14. COVERFX
15. OCC
16. BITE
17. THEBALM
18. PUR COSMETICS
19. IT COSMETICS
20. FACE ATELIER
21. CIATE
22. BESAME
23. PERFEKT
24. NUDESTIX
25. BLINC
26. CARGO
27. DUWOP
28. BAREMINERALS
29. BUXOM
30. THEBODYSHOP
31. LUSH
32. EYEKO
33. ARDENCY INN
34. EDWARD BESS
35. KORRES
36. CATRICE
37. JAPONESQUE
38. CHANTECAILLE
39. ELLIS FAAS
40. BY TERRY
42. ELF
43. HARD CANDY
44. MILANI
46. SONIA KASHUK
47. WETNWILD
48. NYX
49. JORDANA
50. FLOWER
51. JANE
52. PRESTIGE
53. PIXI
54. PACIFICA
55. MINERAL FUSION
56. ESSENCE
57. BARRY M
58. GOSH
59. MARCELLE
60. ANNABELLE
61. W3LL PEOPLE
62. RMS BEAUTY
63. ILIA
64. KJAER WEIS
65. VAPOUR
67. JANE IREDALE
68. 100% PURE
69. SAPPHO
70. AU NATURALE
71. ALIMA PURE
73. YOUNGBLOOD
74. LILY LOLO
75. INIKA
76. ANTONYM
77. BELLAPIERRE
78. ZUII ORGANIC
79. MAKEUP GEEK
80. COLOURPOP
81. GLOSSIER
82. BH COSMETICS
83. ZOEVA
84. NATASHA DENONA
85. RITUEL DE FILLE
86. AROMI
87. SUGARPILL
89. MELT
90. DOSE OF COLORS
91. COLOURED RAINE
92. GIRLACTIK
93. CATE MCNABB
94. CAILYN COSMETICS
96. SUVA BEAUTY
97. SILK NATURALS
98. FAIRY GIRL
99. AFK COSMETICS
100. PUMPKIN AND POPPY
How to Cornrow Braid:
Step 2
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Separate the forward crown of your model's head, angling from the top of the ears upward and around and tie the bottom two third with a hair tie.
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Further section the forward their section into however many sections you dear for your cornrows, (we recommend 3-5 cornrows per head)
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Cornrow:
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Split your section into equal sections and braid the far right piece underneath the middle and in between the left and middle sections.
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Then, braid the far left piece under the new middle, and in between the right and middle section.
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Repeat this however whilst picking up a small section during each braid, this will therefore create a cornrow, where the raid sits onto of the hair.
4. Once you have braided all of the hair, tie securely with an elastic and being the other two or three sections.
5. Once all of the braids have been completed, release the bottom two third of the hair down and style how you please. In the tutorial we curled our models hair, and you can find this step-by-step tutorial further down on the page. Enjoy cornrowing!
